The most challenging part of recreating the video was getting the actors' positioning and movements correct to accurately portray the original video. Filming was difficult because getting all four actors together at the same time was challenging due to scheduling conflicts. Additionally, one actor struggled to convincingly play the drums. These problems were overcome by scheduling the filming during school hours when everyone was available and by turning up the music to drown out the poor drum playing. However, they were unable to find a better drummer or source the correct clothing to fully recreate the look of the original artist. Going forward, the author wants to learn better filming and editing skills.

1. Preliminary Video - Reflection Questions
1. What did you find most challenging about recreating your chosen video and why?
(Remember to think about storyboarding, props, actors, filming, editing, finance)
The most challenging thing about recreating the video was the positioning of shots and
giving detailed instructions to the actors in order for them to recreate the video as
accurately as possible. There were various tricky movements that the actors had to
undertake whichconsistedof drummingatehcorrect time tothe song, usingbody language
and movement to recreate the way the actors moved in the video. As well as camera
movements, one was a drag shot which was difficult as we had to do it perfectly so it was
the same speedas what it was in the video and so that no carpet was shown on the picture
and that it was all a white background which would make it professional.
2. What problemsdidyouface whilstfilming? (Consider the logistics; could you get everyone
togethertofilm,didyouhave rehearsal time,wereyouable toframe yourshots effectively,
could you convincingly play/mime?)
The problemwasgettingeveryonetogethertofilmatthe same time, as we had four people
that neededtobe inthe shot andthensomeone recordingattimes.Thismade itdifficult for
us to shoot the video in the designated time but we were able to do so. Another problem
we faced was having the person in the shot to be able to properly play the drums. AS the
actor we used struggledwithplayingthe drumsandthisresultedinsome shots not being as
goodas they could of we had someone who could actually play the drums. This shows that
people whoknow how toplayspecificinstrumentsare neededforthe video to look as good
as possible. Furthermore,anotherproblemwasthe clothingforthe people in our video. We
didn’thave the correct clothingavailable thatwe coulduse to represent he artist in the real
video,sowe justhad to wearwhatwe didto school in the videoand stick to that clothing so
it didn’t look weird in the video if people’s clothes kept on changing. A final problem was
some actor’s confidence,astheyweren’tpreparedto actually sing the song so this resulted
inthemjust mimingit.Ifeel itwouldlook better and more realistic if the actor in the video
does actually sing.
3. How did you overcome these problems? (did you alter shots/props, solve lighting issues
etc?)
We made sure we arranged to shoot during school time, as after school at least one of the
fourwouldbe busywhichwouldmeanwe wouldn’tbe able tofilmthe video.Be bookedout
a room at school so we were sure we were able to film the video. We alerted all the
members involved the time, date and location of the shoot through Facebook. We solved
the problem of singingthe song by turning the music up really loud so that the person who
was singing couldn’t be heard.

2. 4. Which problems could you not overcome? (Were some instruments harder than others to
source, could you recreate the look of an artist, could you dress the set, were some shots
impossible to emulate?)
One problem we could not solve was the drum playing of one of our members. As we had
already started filming, we didn’t want to start again and get someone else in to play the
drums who wasbetteras that wouldbe a waste of time and we were tight on time to finish
the video.Anotherproblemwe couldnotsolve wasthe clothing,aswe did not have enough
time to find or purchase clothes needed for the video.
5. What nextstepsare you goingtotake?(learnhow to: film/edit/light/perform/makeup etc)
Personally,Iwant to learn how to efficiently film and edit a video. As I feel that will be my
role in our group when it comes to producing the real video. To achieve this, I will ask for
tips of my teachers and do some research into it through YouTube.